Improvement in neck-ties



R. SWENART ON.

NECK-TIE.

No.183,438. Patented March 13, 1877.

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ROBERT SWENARTON, OF NEWTOWN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN NECK-TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent 0. 188,438, dated March 13, 1877 application filed January 19, 1877.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT SWENARTON, of Newtown, in the county of Queens and State of, New York, have invented a new and Improved Neck-Tie, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a view of the back of a bow with my improved fastener attached. Fig. 2 is an inside view of a bow with a neck-band attached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists of a slotted plate for receiving the collar-button, which is provided with a barb or projecting point at each side for engaging the ends of the band that encircles the neck.

The object of the invention is to provide a neck-tie that may be securely fastened, so that it cannot become accidentally loosened, and which is capable of being worn either with or without a band to encircle the neck.

In the drawing, A is a metallic plate, that is rectangular in form, and is provided with laterally-projecting points a, a at each side, near its lower edge. B is a hole of sufficient size to admit the collar-button, and b is a slot extending upward from the hole B, for receiving the neck of the collar-button. Holes 0 are made in the corners of the plate A for attaching the plate to the bow by sewing. The plate A is attached centrally to the back of -the how 0, and when the bow is worn it is attached by placing the head of the collarbutton through the hole B and slipping the plate down on the button until the neck of the button is engaged by the slot b. D is a band for encircling the neck, which is stiffened at its ends by an inclosed piece of pasteboard, so that it may be readily pushed through between the plate A and the how. This band is attached to the plateA by slipping one ofits ends between the plate A and bow O, and placing it on the point a. The tie is then placed on the neck, and thefree end of the hand D is passed between the plate and the bow, and placed on the point a.

- The band can be enlarged or contracted to suit the requirements of dilferent persons.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A neck-tie plate, having the median hole B b, holes 00 on opposite ends, and spurs a a on its opposite sides, to adapt it to be used, as specified.

2. The plate A, provided with the hole B, slot b, and holes 0, and having formed on it the points a, a, and the bow O and band D, in com bination, substantially as herein shown and described.

I ROBERT SWENARTON.

Witnesses 0. SEDGWIGK, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

